Improved barn-dooe oe gate-fastening



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Letters-Patent No. 70,562, dated November 5, 1867.

IMPROVED BARN-:DOOR GATE-FASTENING.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that we, LORENZO B. HAYES and-WrLLIAM Monats, of Greene,Chenaugo county, New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBarn-Door or'Gate-Fastening; and we do hereby declare that the followingis atfull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and uselthe same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich-.

Figure 1 isa perspective view o f our` improved fastening.-

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view of the same, taken through thevlinea: as, iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding part-s.

Our invention has for its object to furnish an improved fastening forbarn-doors, gates, Sac., cheap, durable, and simple in construction,which will fasten the door, both open and shut, automatically, securingit at top and bottom, and which may be adjusted to compensate for thesag of the gate erdoor; and it consists in the com? bination of thevertical bar, having catches attached to it., with the door and frame ofthe doorway, and in the combination ofthe adjusting-block, having apin'attached to its edge, and movable collar or band with the verticalbar, thewhole being constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

A represents a barn-door, which is hinged to the post B in the ordinarymanner. C is avertical bar, moving freely up and down in keepers, D,attached to the door A. To the upper end of the bar C is attached aspringrcatch, E, having its forward end inclined, :1s shown iniig. 2,which, when the door A is swung shut, strikes -against the square stapleF attached to the beam G ofthe doorway, raising the bar C so that itslower end may pass above the sill H. Then, as Vthe staple F passes intothe notch of the catch E, the lower end 'of the bar C drops into aniortise in the sill II, fastening the door both at top and bottom. I isa catch, attached to the bar C, and passing out through a slot in thedoor, which, as the door is swung back, catches upon a staple, J.attached to the side of the ba'rn, as shown in dotted lines in iig. 1.'Ihe projecting end of the catch I also serves as a handle toraise thebar C, and unfasten the door from the outside. K is a block, having apin, k', attached to its edge, which enters one or the other ofthe holesformed in the edge ofthe bar C for its reception. L is a band or collar,fitting upon the bar C and the tapering upper end of the block K,and-which is held downby its own weight, holding the block K close upagainst the bar C. But by raising the band or collar L, the lower endofthe block K may be drawn outward so as to change the pin k from onehole to another, as desired. This construction enables the bar C to boadjusted to compensate for the sag of thc door, so that the said bar mayalways be kept in proper position for fastening the door.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv- 1. Thecombination of the vertical bar C, spring-catch E, and catch I with eachother, and with the door or gate A, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

2. 'lhe combination of the band or colla-r L and block K, having a pin,7:', attached to its edge, with the bar C, substantially as herein shownand described and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification ot' our invention signed by us this 16th day ofApril, 186i'.

' LORENZO B. HAYES,

WILLIAM MOR-RIS.

Witnesses: i

J. G. RnYNoLDs,

Gno. W. BAKER.

